 In 1945, Chitrasena studied at Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's Shantiniketan in Bengal and had the distinction of dancing the lead role as Ananda in Tagore's dance drama 'Chandalika' opposite Nandita Kriplani, Tagore's granddaughter.Chitrasena is a contemporary of Uday Shankar.He represented Shantiniketan at the All India Dance Festival in Delhi.